Category: Summaries
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January 2014 Summary Driest October-January Ever plus warm dry January does nothing for the snowpack
More Records Smashed… dry weather marches on (though relief may be coming) Port Alberni has easily smashed its previous records for driest October-January period. Though not historic like December, the month of January has continued the dry trend we have seen throughout this ‘rainy’ season. Officially we received between 30-40% of our normal rainfall and…
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December Smashes 1914 Rain Record – 2013 Second Driest Overall and Warm
Records Fall With 1041 mm at the Airport, 2013 should be officially recorded as the 2nd driest year since records began in 1896. Only 1985 was drier at the official stations. The month of December 2013 was the driest ever recorded. Dry Dry Everywhere: No matter where you look in the Alberni Valley it has…
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UPDATED 10AM: Snow will fly, but where will it stick?
Update 10AM: The morning model forecast is out and it’s bad news for snow lovers. Once again, it shows the Alberni Valley getting skunked. And it’s actually showing slightly less accumulations for other areas as well. Though again, if you’re driving anywhere south of Parksville, you’re going to want to be prepared for 10-15cm in…
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Chance of snow increases again – plan travel accordingly
White stuff is in the forecast again after today’s weak rain front passes through. Most of that rain will fall on the west coast. We are being passed over again. By Wednesday night and Thursday morning it is going to cool off a bit and we should be near or below zero. Combine that with…
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Another relatively dry week
We might be in the fog a lot this week. Certainly today and tomorrow will be foggy. Tomorrow (Tuesday) will also feature some rain in the morning. But it will again be one of these fronts coming down from the north which generally fly over top of us and focus their precipitation on the West…